Flour-dressing machine



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W. H. WILLIAMS.

FLOUR DRESSING MACHINE.

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XVALTER H. \VILLIAMS, OF \VAUSEON, OHIO.

FLOUR-DRESSING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.326,893, dated September22, 1885.

Application filed March 524, P85.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, W'ALTER H. \VILLIAMs, a citizen of the United States,residing at auseon, in the county ofFulton and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Flour-Dressing Machines;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has relation to flour-bolts, and has for its object toprovide a simple construction by which the flour being bolted isseparated into a number of small portions in order that every part ofsame may be more thoroughly subjected to the bolting action.

It has for further objects convenient constructions for feeding theseveral portions of flour into their respective compartments, and otherimprovements.

To these ends the invention consists in certain novel constructions andcombinations of parts, which will be more fully described hereinafter,and specifically, pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of my bolt, partly broken away.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on line a; :20, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is atransverse section on line y Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a view of the frontor receiving end of the bolt.

I have shown my bolt as of equal diameter from end to end, and in theuse of it I prefer to support it on an inclined axis. It is 1nanifest,however, that the bolt may be supported on a horizontal axis, and beenlarged or tapered toward its discharge end without departing from theprinciples of my invention.

In carrying out my invention I employ a central core, A, preferablyhollow, as shown, and provided with end plates, A A, having bearings Afor the shaft of the bolt. The front end plate, 13, is provided with anopening, 0, through which the flour is fed into the bolt. This frontplate is arranged parallel to, concentric with, and but a short distancefrom the front end plate of the core A, and it is (No model.)

made larger than the said core, so thatits edges extend radially beyondthe core A.

A cylinder, E, con nects the front end of the core A with thefrontplate, C, and is provided with openings E, which lead into thecompartments of a bolting-chamber. This cylinder E is usually andpreferably an extension of the cylindrical portion of the core A.

Partitions F extend longitudinally along the core A from end to end ofthe bolt. These partitions are preferably six in number; but it ismanifest that the number may be varied without departing from theprinciples of the invention.

The bolting-cloth is placed on the bolt over the partitions F. Thus thechamber for bolting is formed between the core A and the cloth, and thesaid chamber is divided by the partitions F into a plurality oflongitudinally-ex tended compartments.

It will also be noticed that the openings E lead one into eachcompartment G, formed by the partitions F, so that as the unbolted flouris fed through the opening 0 into the space be tween the plate B and thefront of the core A it passes through the lowermost opening E into thelower compartment G, and as the bolt is revolved each compartmentreceives its portion of flour, which then passes on toward thedischarging end of the bolt, being subjected meanwhile to thebolting-action, as will be seen.

\Vhen the bolting-chamber is formed an annulus, and the flour is fed inquantities thereinto, it becomes massed, and as the bolt is revolved theportion carried up by the bolt falls back and the massing is continued,onlyasmall portion of the flour being bolted, rendering the operationtedious and requiring repetitions of the process before the desiredresults are obtained.

By my construct-ion the flour to be bolted is divided into smallportions, each of which has its own compartment, so that every part ofeach portion is thoroughly subjected to the bolting-action and speedyresults are obtained.

In the revolution of the bolt the portion of flour in each compartmentG, as the said conipartmcnt rises, falls to the lower side thereof, andas the said compartment passes beyond the vertical the flour falls tothe opposite side of the compartment, forming a cloud, which assists thebolting process, and when the said compartment is at its lowest pointthe flour therein is distributed over its bolting-cover. Thus it will beseen each portion of flour is kept in almost a constant state ofagitation, enabling the rapid and thorough bolting of same.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. In a flour-bolt, the combination of a reelframe and bolting-cloth, acentral core or drum having a diameter a little less than the diameterof the bolting-reel, and a series of longitudinal radial partitionsprojected from its periphery, whereby a series of shallowboltingcompartmentsis formed between the said drum and thebolting-cloth, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a flour-bolt, of the bolting-reel, the inner coreor drum, the front end plate, B, having a feed-opening and extendedradially beyond the core or drum, and the cylinder E,extended betweenthe front end of the core and the plate B, and the partitions Rextendedlongitudinally of the core, the cylinder E being provided with openingsE be tween each of the partitions F, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, in a flour-bolt, of the bolting-reel, the corehaving end plates provided with bearings for the supporting-shaft, thefront plate, B, having a feed-opening, the cylinder. E, connecting thefront end of the core and the plate B and provided with openings E, andthe longitudinally-extended partitions F, dividing the bolting-chamberinto compartments, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affiX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER H. WILLIAMS. Witnesses:

H. H. HAM, H. G. NEELY.

